ATR, a consortium of Alenia and EADS, has won a $98m order from Tanzania’s Precision Air Services for four 50-seat ATR 42-600s and one 68-seat ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft.
China has launched a Nigerian communications satellite, named NigComSat-1R, on a Long March 3B (LM-3B) launch vehicle from the Xixhang Satellite Launch Centre in south-west China.
China's Hebei Airlines has received two Embraer 190 (E190) jets from Embraer.
Indonesia-based Lion Air is planning to place another aircraft order in February 2012 to upgrade its fleet following a $21.7bn contract with Boeing to buy 380 737 aircraft in November...
GE Aviation has secured a $900m contract from Etihad Airways to deliver its GEnx-1B engines to power ten Boeing 787 Dreamliners and two Boeing 777 freighters.
JetBlue Airways has signed a $1.03bn agreement with Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies, to purchase 86 PW1100G-JM engines to power 40 Airbus A320neo jets.
Arianespace has launched the Pleiades 1A, Elisa and SSOT satellites from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana for French space agency CNES, Astrium and the French and Chilean...
Boeing has received certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its 747-8 Intercontinental passenger aircraft, clearing the way for deliveries early next year.
FedEx Express has signed an agreement with Boeing to purchase 27 767-300 freighters worth $4.7bn to replace its less efficient, medium wide-body cargo planes.
Astrium has secured a €240m contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to manage the continued operation and exploitation of the European components of the International Space Station (ISS) as...
